December 28, 2014

Recipe: Butterscotch Shortbread Cookies

One of my friends has an annual Christmas Cookie Exchange.  Each guest brings two dozen cookies and everyone leaves with far more cookies than they brought.

This year I made Butterscotch Shortbread Cookies which is a recipe I got from one of the youth group moms.  It's perfect for those with an egg or nut allergy and it's pretty simple to make.

The stuff
- 1 cup butter, softened to room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp. salt

Get Bakin' 
- Preheat oven to 300 F
- Cream together the butter and sugars until smooth
- Stir in flour and salt
- Use your hands to fully incorporate ingredients (it will be very crumbly)
- Roll the dough into a rectangle on a flour surface
- Cut into 1 1/2 inch squares or use a cookie cutter
- Place 1 inch apart on an ungrease cookie sheet and prick the tops with a fork
- Bake for 25 minutes or until set.  The dough will not spread and the color changes only slightly
- Remove from cookie sheet immediately and cool

Shortbread cookies are hard and super yummy dipped in coffee.  









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